12 Year Old Girl Defends Her Home From Invader

12-Year-Old Girl Shoots Intruder
During Home Invasion In Bryan County

Posted: Oct 18, 2012 4:21 PM PDT
By Chris McKinnon, News 9

The bullet hit the intruder, who deputies identified as
32-year-old Stacey Jones.

He took off but did not get far before officers took him down.

BRYAN COUNTY, Oklahoma -
A 12-year-old girl took matters into her own
hands during a home invasion in southeast Oklahoma.

It happened on Wednesday when the girl was home alone.
She told police a stranger rang the doorbell, then went around
to the back door and kicked it in. She called her mom,
Debra St. Clair, who told her to get the family gun,
hide in a closet and call 911.

That was when Mrs. St. Clair dropped what she doing and raced home.

"I drove home at a really fast pace to try to get to her, and
when I got here the police were already here annd they had the suspect," she said.


The during that time, the intruder made his way through the house.
Mrs. St. Clair's daughter told deputies the man came into the room
where she was hiding and began to open up the closet door.
That was when the 12-year-old had to make a life-saving decision.

"And what we understand right now, he was turning the doorknob
when she fired through the door," said the Bryan County Undersheriff Ken Golden.

The bullet hit the intruder, who deputies identified as 32-year-old Stacey Jones.
He took off but did not get far before officers took him down.

"He was sitting down. The policemen had him apprehended at the end of the block.
All I saw was some blood coming down his back. I'm not exactly sure
where his injury was, but I saw some blood there," explained St. Clair.

Jones was taken to a Texas hospital by helicopter after the incident.
An investigator on the case said Jones was released from the hospital
Thursday gand extradited to the Bryan County Jail.

The 12-year-old girl was not injured during the ordeal.